Telegram-Tribune front page from June 26, 1941. Hitler invades the Soviet Union. June 22, 1941 At 3 A.M. the guard was changed at the International Bridge at Brest-Litvosk on the German-Soviet frontier. Rather than salute, the German sentries gunned down the Russians and the invasion began. It was the largest military strike in history, 3 …

The rain storm of Jan. 24 – 25, 1914, lashed the county with eight inches of rain. Rampaging Arroyo Grande creek ran bank-to-bank, destroying bridges, undermining homes along its bank and tumbling them into the creekbed and otherwise causing great damage. Picture was taken from old glass negatives from a collection by Mrs. Josephine L. …

SHOE SHINE PARLOR…James Vega is the bootblack pictured here at the old Joe Keys' shoe shine stand. The two attractive young women customers are Frances Christensen and Gladys Kilbern. The picture comes from Mrs. Olive Fourcade. Published in the then Telegram-Tribune's historical Centurama edition 5-15-1956. The Union Pacific calendar at the right may say 1915 …

Telegram-Tribune June 12, 1941-warns of empending German attack on Russia. Apparently Stalin did not subscribe to the Telegram-Tribune. The truth is he had ample warning from other sources as well. For reasons that only make sense to despots, Stalin preferred to trust a pact sealed two years earlier rather than the dire warnings from Britain …

A wet January finished with epic rains in 1914. Arroyo Grande was hit hard Jan. 24-25. Less than 3 years after Arroyo Grande incorporated on July 10, 1911 the city was hit with disaster. One of the epic floods hit and without Lopez dam to manage the raging waters, the torrent tore through town. A …

Morning Tribune, April 4, 1903: Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company Do you have a telephone within reach? More than one 'phone number? (In the early days they used an apostrophe with the abbreviation.) A century ago that technology was just getting off the ground, obstructing our views with utility lines. Apparently the downtown shop keepers …